Sinawa PRODUCT NAME
Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. SCIENTIFIC NAME
| Common Name: | Sinawa |
| Local Name: | Aspe-aspe (Pampanga); Banyat, Kaliot, Sigre (Nueva Viscaya); Buntot-palos (Tayabas); Kakarohai, Pakarohai, Tigi (Isabela); Lengua de leon (Sorsogon); Rabo de leon (Ilocos Norte, Union); Rabo de tigre (Antique); Sabila (Iloilo); Sinawa Nueva Ecija); Tigre (Laguna, Bohol). |
| Family: | Liliaceae |
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| Product Description: | An herb with erect, fleshy, flat pointed leaves which are mottled with gray, and are 0.4-1.5m in height. It bears numerous, pale, straw-colored flowers which are usually tinged with green, and are from 2.5-3cm in length |
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DISTRIBUTION
| Countries Found: | Philippines |
| Description: | This species is widely distributed in the Philippines. It is frequently cultivated for ornamental purposes, and is occasionally half wild |
USES AND PARTS USED
| Parts Used: | bark, bast |
| Uses: | Bast fiber is used by the Singhalese for making string, rope, mats, and a coarse kind of cloth. |
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| Management Practices: | The fiber of this plant is used only occasionally in the Philippines. It is sometimes mixed with Peña in weaving fabrics. The fiber is very strong and, according to Dodge†, is used by the Singhalese for making string, rope, mats, and a coarse kind of cloth |
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| Partners: | Bureau of Forestry, Philippines |
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